Originally Posted by jonathanb715
I don't know, but I was riding with a guy who owns an inclinometer on a 3 mile climb. He kept telling us that we were on an 8% grade, 10% grade, 9% grade, oh, this section is 13%, etc. We finally told him to shut up (by the time he was able to tell us that a section was steep we'd already figured it out).
JB
Ha, that's awesome. It's like a crit where they always yell pothole at the same point on every lap. You just want to yell at them to shut up b/c everyone knows it's there.
For me, hills are are any grade that requires me to change my pedal style, so I don't blow out my knees. We have lots of short steep ones just outside of Boston. If I want long ones, I go to NW CT where I can find 4 mile climbs of over 1000 feet. Those take a while to get up, but are a blast to descend on.